Lactarius pubescens
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Russulales |
| Family: | Russulaceae |
| Genus: | Lactarius |
| Species: | L. pubescens |
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Lactarius pubescens (Fr.) Fr. (1838) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Agaricus pubescens Fr. (1794) |
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| Mycological characteristics | |
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gills on hymenium |
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cap is depressed |
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hymenium is decurrent |
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stipe is bare |
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spore print is cream |
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ecology is mycorrhizal |
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edibility: edible |
Agaricus pubescens Fr. (1794)
Lactarius controversus var. pubescens (Fr.) Gillet (1876)
Lactifluus pubescens (Fr.) Kuntze (1891)
L. torminosus subsp. pubescens (Fr.) Konrad & Maubl. (1935)
L. torminosus var. pubescens (Fr.) S.Lundell (1956)
Lactarius pubescens, commonly known as the downy milk cap, is a species of fungus in the Russulaceae family. It is a medium to large agaric with a creamy-buff, hairy cap, whitish gills and short stout stem. The fungus has a cosmopolitan distribution, and grows solitarily or in scattered groups on sandy soil under or near birch.
L. mairei var. ilicis
L. pubescens
The species was first named by German botanist Heinrich Schrader as Agaricus pubescens in 1794.Elias Magnus Fries gave it its current name in 1838. The species has also been treated as a variety of Lactarius controversus (as L. controversus var. pubescens by Gillet in 1876) and as both a subspecies (as Lactarius torminosus subsp. pubescens by Paul Konrad and André Maublanc in 1935) and a variety (as L. torminosus var. pubescens by Lundell in 1956) of Lactarius torminosus.
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